The lesula is an Old World monkey in the guenon genus Cercopithecus, family Cercopithecidae, found in rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo between the Lomami and Tshuapa rivers in the Lomami Basin. Although known to local people, it was unknown to international science until a captive specimen was found in the village of Opala in 2007, and the species was formally described in 2012, making it only the second new African monkey species described since 1984. Adult males have a distinctive brilliant blue patch of bare skin on the buttocks, testicles and perianal area, along with human like eyes. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Classification
Living or Extinct Scientific NameCercopithecus lomamiensis 2 Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Lesula (Wikidata)
In Biome
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Cercopithecus lomamiensis
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
Sources
1. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Cercopithecus lomamiensis
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyPrimary Diet, Cercopithecus lomamiensis
Primary Diet herbivore herbivore
In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Habitat Regions, biome: rainforest
rainforest rainforest
View the Source 2. Lesula (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q27926 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): vulnerable.
- Child Taxon Of: Cercopithecidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source 3. Lesula (Wikipedia)
Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameterQuote, Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
status = VU
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